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January 15, 2015

First Aid Kit stay on top for the third week in a row; Modest Mouse make the biggest jump on the Chart this week, up 16 places; back after a month's absence is Sleater-Kinney at #20. Here's this week's Chart Show recap!

The Chart Show: First Aid Kit remain on top, Modest Mouse jump 16 spots

The Chart Show: First Aid Kit remain on top, Modest Mouse jump 16 spots

Mark Wheat • Jan 15, 2015

First Aid Kit stay on top for the third week in a row; Modest Mouse make the biggest jump on the Chart this week, up 16 places; back after a month's absence is Sleater-Kinney at #20. Here's this week's Chart Show recap!

Mark Wheat's Global Shout-Out Map: Jan. 14, 2015

Mark Wheat's Global Shout-Out Map: Jan. 14, 2015

Mark Wheat • Jan 14, 2015

Each week during The Chart Show, Mark Wheat takes a moment to acknowledge those listeners around the world who are listening to The Current stream. This map is a fun record of those global listeners.

The Current's Guitar Collection: Dave Bayley of Glass Animals, 1963 Hofner Galaxy 175

The Current's Guitar Collection: Dave Bayley of Glass Animals, 1963 Hofner Galaxy 175

Luke Taylor • Jan 14, 2015

Glass Animals' front man Dave Bayley loves Hofner Guitars, even though he says they are made of 'annoyingly cheap' wood. But it's the guitars' sound that draws him in and has made him a collector. Bayley purchased his guitar in a shop in Denmark Street in London. "It's called 'Guitar Alley'," Bayley says. "There's loads of vintage guitar shops."

The Morning Show's Adventures in Donuts

The Morning Show's Adventures in Donuts

Jan 14, 2015

Jill and Steve wanted to make sure that the donuts at the Coffee Break expressed how much they appreciate you listening to Current for 10 years, so they went down to Glam Doll Donuts to get to work on making you the best donuts they could.

Watch Molly Kate Kestner cover Lana Del Rey at a reconstructed CBGB

Watch Molly Kate Kestner cover Lana Del Rey at a reconstructed CBGB

Jay Gabler • Jan 14, 2015

This is a lot to wrap your head around, but it actually happened: Molly Kate Kestner, the Minnesota singer-songwriter who had a massive viral hit with last year’s “His Daughter,” has covered Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful” on the CBGB set at YouTube Space New York. The set features walls, a cash register, and…

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Save Me

Jan 14, 2015

Let's do a little saving today with the Coffee Break. What songs that mention being saved (either you, me, or us) in their titles should we play today?

Eating and Drinking with The Growler's Joe Alton: 2015 Beer Culture Predictions

Eating and Drinking with The Growler's Joe Alton: 2015 Beer Culture Predictions

Jan 14, 2015

The Growler's managing editor Joe Alton joins the Current's Morning Show to talk about his Minnesota beer culture predictions for 2015.

YourClassical

Today in Music History: The Sex Pistols Give Their Final Performance

Jan 14, 2015

Diana Ross was a Supreme one last time, a Foo Fighter celebrates a birthday, and The Sex Pistols played their last live show Today in Music History.

Atmosphere and Trampled By Turtles join Bonnaroo 2015 lineup

Atmosphere and Trampled By Turtles join Bonnaroo 2015 lineup

Jay Gabler • Jan 14, 2015

From June 11-14 in Manchester, Tennessee, Atmosphere will represent for Minneapolis’s Southside and Trampled By Turtles will represent Duluth at Bonnaroo. The annual music festival announced the first wave of its lineup yesterday via an innovative method—fans had to call a phone number to learn who was in the lineup, one artist at a time—that…

Today’s Music News: 50 years of David Bowie’s hairstyles in one animated GIF

Today’s Music News: 50 years of David Bowie’s hairstyles in one animated GIF

Staff • Jan 14, 2015

David Bowie is a man of many talents—and even more hairstyles. In tribute to the rocker’s 68th birthday last week, artist Helen Green compressed a career’s worth of looks into one animated GIF—see below. (Sploid) The first wave of the Bonnaroo lineup was announced last night via an unusual phone-in system; the annual music festival in…

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